The school system in Cranston, R.I., announced it is banning traditional
father-daughter and mother-son activities, saying they are a violation
of the state's gender discrimination law, the Providence Journal reported late Monday.

Superintendent Judith Lundsten told the newspaper the decision was in
response to a complaint from the American Civil Liberties Union on
behalf of a single mother who said her daughter was not able to attend a
father-daughter dance.